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Unincorporated community in Alabama, United States
Society Hill, Alabama
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 32°25′36″N 85°26′43″W / 32.42667°N 85.44528°W / 32.42667; -85.44528
CountryUnited States
StateAlabama
CountyMacon
Elevation469 ft (143 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code334
GNIS feature ID155245

Society Hill is an unincorporated community in Macon County, Alabama, United States.

History

The community is likely named after Society Hill, South Carolina. Society Hill was once home to the Society Hill High School.

A post office operated under the name Society Hill from 1837 to 1914.

James Torbert served as the first postmaster of Society Hill. Torbert's grandson, Clement Clay Torbert, was born in Society Hill but moved to Opelika to operate a store and bank. Clement Clay's grandson, C. C. Torbert Jr., served as the twenty-fifth Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1977 through 1989.

References

  1. "Society Hill". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 129. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
  3. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Alabama. J. Boardman. 1858. p. 98.
  4. "Macon County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  5. The Alabama Review. University of Alabama Press for Alabama Historical Association. 1948. p. 227.
  6. Joel Campbell DuBose (1904). Notable Men of Alabama: Personal and Genealogical. Southern historical assoc. p. 197.
  7. "Clement Clay "Bo" Torbert, Jr". Alabama Department of Archives and History. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
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